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I (No Model.) ROSA SAD IRON. i r N 400.796 Patented Apr.-2, 1889.

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v OF SAME PLACE.

SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION formi'ng part of Letters Patent No. 400,*796, dated April2, 1889.

Application filed February 14, 1887. Serial No. 22'7,533. (No model.)

u To call whom 't may concerns Be it known that I, ALBERT ROSA, of Mil-'waukee, in'the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons; and I dohcreby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My inventionrelates to that class of sadirons that are made hollow andheated by 3 burning charcoal placed therein, said invention consistingin certain peculiarities of construction and conbination of parts, to behereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings andsubsequentiy a claimed.

" `.figure 1 represents a perspective View of a ad-iron constructedaccording to my inven- J on, and Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section Ea portion of the iron.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents the hollow shell orbody-piece of ny iron, provided with a smoothing-face, B, and hingedcover O, the latter having a handle, D, and a pivoted latch-piece, E,that engages 2 5 a lug, F, projectng up from said shell. The hingedcover O, as illustrated in Fig. 1, has its edges provided with a seriesof depending iugs arranged at suitable intervals and designed to restupon the adjacent edges of the shell A, whereby a draft-space isleftbetween the upper edges of said shell and the under side of thecover when the latter is in its normal position, the apertures betweenthe lugs serving as draft-openings and the lugs 3 5 as guards to preventthe escape of sparks from burning charcoal.

-The sides of the shell A are provided with longitudinal draft-openingsG and bearin gs H H' for the journals I' of plates or dampers 0 I forsaid openings. Each of the plates or dampers I has a handle, J, andoperative in the bearings H are set-screws K, to hold said plates in anyposition to which they may be adjusted. The rear end of the iron isprovided with a draft-opening, L, and has pivoted thereto a guide-plate,M, provided with p slots or perforations a.

Operative in the guide-plate M is a slide, N, having slots orperforations b, a'rranged to be brought in and out of register with theones a in said guide-plate, this Construction being similar to thatdescribed in my application for patent filed February 7,1887, Serial No.%6,784. I

By means of the adjustable plates or damp- 5 5 ers I the area of theopenings G in the sides of the iron may be Varied to regulate the draftfor the purpose of increasing or diminishing the heat, and it will benoticed that said piates are arranged to defiect the air and 6o cause itto strike the mass oi' fuel at the lowest possible poiut. WVhen the ironis temporarily laid aside, all the' lower draft-openings may be closedin order to effect a saving in fuel.

Having thus fully described my invcntion, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hoilow sad-iron having its body portion provided with a cover of suchConstruction that a draft-space and openings are left between said shelland cover when the latter is in its normal position, longitudinalopenings in the sides of the shell near its base, platcs or dampersjournaled in bearings on said consin, in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT ROSA. Witnesses:

I-I. Gr. UNDERWOOD, N. E. OLIPHANT.

It is hereby Certified that the name of the assignee in Letters PatentNo. 400 granted April 2, 1889, upon the application of Albert Rosa, ofMilwaukee, Wiseo for an improvement in Sad Irons, was erroneouslywritten and printed J enni Zinn, whereas said' name should have beenwritten and printed J enm'e A. Zims; that the said Letters Patent shouldbe read with this correction therein that the E may oonform to theoorreeted files and records of the ease in the Patent Office.

Signed, comtersigned and sealed this 23d day of April, A. D. 1889.

[SEAL.] GYRUS BUSSEY,

I x Assistant Secretary of the Ime Countersigned C. E. MITGHELL,

Oomm'ss'oner of Patents.

